St Francis de Sales School

Cross Country about to get started! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

St Francis de Sales School Closed tomorrow.

Kia ora e te whānau,

Due to the official Red Weather Warning and state of emergency declared by the Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office, we will be closed tomorrow.

We have made this decision early to give whānau time to put plans in place for the supervision of their children.

We are deeply mindful that the heavy rain and flooding has caused significant disruption and stress to families.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this challenging time.

Please keep an eye out on HERO for further updates

Please stay safe everyone.

Just a reminder that Athletics Day is tomorrow.

Who: Year 0–8
Where: Newtown Athletics Park
When: Wednesday 18th March

Please make sure your child arrives at school on time, as buses will be leaving soon after 9:00am.

Transport arrangements:
Students will travel to and from the event by bus.

Juniors will return to school at approximately 1pm.

Middle and Senior students will return at approximately 2:45pm.

What to wear:

School PE gear
Sport shoes
School polar fleece / hoody / cardigan / jacket
Sunscreen and hat

What to bring:

Morning tea and lunch – enough food for an active day
Water bottle (no Powerade or other sports drinks)
Raincoat in case it rains
School sun hat

Thank you to all the wonderful whānau who have volunteered to help. Your support is greatly appreciated and helps make the day possible for our students. Please see attached the rotations and map for the day. We are looking forward to a great day of fun and participation.

Don't forget that tomorrow is the PSL Non Uniform M***i day!

Instead of a gold coin donation we ask that you bring in something for our upcoming Easter Raffle!

This could be items such as:

Chocolate, Lollies, Easter Eggs, Marshmallow eggs, Hand cream, Face Cream, Candles, Face Masks, Chippies, Pens, Stickers, small toys or fidgets!- think anything that you would like to win in a raffle!

All donations to be left at the school office!

Thanks again for all your support!!!

The PSL Team!

A lovely two-year old tradition - having a bit of fun led by our seniors on the last day of the year - singing and dancing to Christmas carols - in this case, led by absolute stars!!

Lots to celebrate in this week’s SFDS News. Congratulations to our new Board. Link in comments.

Please spread the word about this fantastic SFDS School fundraiser!

At the risk of causing a trauma response - Here is a throw-back to Covid times!

Some of you may remember that back in April 2022 Max and Amy Patté visited our Junior assembly along with Beau's classmates to farewell the classes and to donate a maquette of Solace in the Wind to the school before they moved their family overseas.

We were thrilled to receive this - I’m sure you are all familiar with the full sized original statue on the waterfront. Max is also very well known, internationally for his talent as a multimedia artist. https://www.maxpatte.com/

Max invited us at the time to do as we wished with the maquette - display it, put it on a plinth outside (yes, it would stand up to the Wellington elements), or use it for fundraising! Max signed the Maquette at the time too!

It is very exciting that PSL has now put the maquette up for auction to raise funds for things that enrich the learning experiences of all of our tamariki. Its value has increased over the past 3 years, and is likely to keep gaining value over time.

Maybe you know someone who is building a beautiful art collection, and would like to add this mini of Solace in the Wind to their collection? Please support our school by spreading the word about this PSL auction. I'm certainly going to miss the little guy, who has been harbouring safely in my office for the past three years!

Here is a link to the online auction: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/home-living/home-decor/ornaments-sculptures/other/listing/5505569793

The auction closes: Fri 12th Sep, 8:00pm - During the Quiz Night!

Details:

This cast steel maquette is 100% New Zealand made and an exact 1/6 scale replica of the original installed on Wellington’s Waterfront in 2008. The maquette stands on a genuine piece of old Wellington wharf beam which the artist tracked down and purchased especially for the purpose of this sculpture.

Maquette height - 300mm

Maquette on plinth height - 330mm

Are you a grandparent of one or more of our children and you like to keep up with what is happening at school?

You can:
1. Ask the child(ren)’s parent to allow access to Hero so that you can see everything!

2. Book mark our ‘SFDS News’ site for weekly schoolwide updates. The last two week’s updates are in the comments.